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US$ 700,000 relief donation from Portugal to Mozambique
The Portuguese government Wednesday donated US$ 700,000 to support Mozambique's relief agency, the National Disasters Management Institute (INGC) and to assist small scale fishermen,...
Darfur attacks hampering UN relief efforts
Attacks against aid workers in western Sudan have reached unprecedented levels, jeopardizing vital relief operations in the war-wracked Darfur region, the United Nations Resident...
President explains action against refugees
President John Agyekum Kufuor on Wednesday defended his government's handling of a standoff with Liberian refugees who have flouted Ghana's laws and affirmed the...
Horror at the killing of three WFP food supply drivers in Sudan
The World Food Programme (WFP) says it is shocked and sad at the murder of three drivers of trucks contracted by the United Nations...
Ghana : President to meet refugees as one sues
A Liberian government delegation is scheduled to meet President John Agyekum Kufuor on Wednesday for talks on the standoff between the government and Liberian...
Raising cancer awareness by climbing everest
A young mountain climber from Durban, South Africa, is aiming for the summit of Mount Everest so he can donate proceeds of his adventure...
Rising tensions displace hundreds
Recent clashes between the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) army and fighters from the mainly Arab Miserriya community have displaced hundreds of civilians from...
More refugees to be repatriated
Ghana on Saturday repatriated 16 Liberian refugees who it described as ringleaders in a standoff with government at a refugee camp just west of...
Refugee repatriation halted for discussions
Ghana said Sunday it was temporarily stopping the repatration of Liberian refugees which began Saturday.
Interior minister Kwamena Bartels said this is to allow for...
Refugees throw spotlight on Egypt
Thousands of African refugees have entered Israel illegally over the past few years, highlighting the struggle for these displaced persons ' conditions in Egypt.
According...
Police storm refugee camp a second time
Police on Saturday made their second swoop on the Liberia refugee camp just west of Accra in one week as the government carries out...
Gov’t apologizes as refugees return to camp
A number of Liberian refugees who were removed from the refugee camp last Monday following weeks of illegal demonstrations have been returned to the...
Refugees ask for forgiveness
More than 600 Liberian refug ees who face repatriation back home for breaking Ghanaian laws are pleading for clemency.
Police removed 659 refugees, mainly women...
EU gives 30m euros in humanitarian aid to Horn of Africa
The European Union (EU) has released 30 million euros for humanitarian aid to the vulnerable peoples of the countries in the Horn of Africa,...
Urgent appeal made by Kibaki and Odinga
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister (designate), Raila Odinga Monday jointly appealed for international financial assistance to the tune of US$ 400 million...
Ethiopia seeks relief for 88,000 drought-affected people
Around 88,000 people in the drought-hit lowland agro-pastoral areas of Southeastern Ethiopia require emergency food assistance, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian...
Hijackings cut WFP supplies to Darfur
KHARTOUM: The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned today that banditry is delaying vital food deliveries to Darfur while a lack of contributions...
Somalia has the ‘worst humanitarian crisis on earth’
Despite international efforts to end the Somali conflict that has spanned two decades, the Horn of African nation still retains tag of the country...
Gaza humanitarian situation dire
The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is "man-made" and worse than it has ever been since the Israeli occupation in 1967, a coalition...
French Soldier’s body found in Sudan
The body of the French Eufor soldier reported missing last Monday in Sudan, has been found. The Sudanese authorities notified the European forces in...
Egypt reports 20th bird flu victim
Egypt has reported the 20th death attributed to the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu, the Ministry of Health said Tuesday.
Egypt has reported the...
Ivory Coast: Rising tuberculosis numbers
Tuberculosis infections in Ivory Coast rose 9 % between 2006 and 2008, and almost 10 % of the cases were multidrug resistant, according to...
Kenya: What next after political deal
After Kenya's laudable power-sharing agreement, humanitarian actors say the hard work has yet to begin - resettling the displaced and reconciling all Kenyans.
"We...
EGYPT: High rates of trauma, sickness among Iraqi refugees
Many of the estimated 70,000-150,000 Iraqi refugees in Egypt have developed serious psychological and stress-related illnesses, including cardiac problems, according to Ahlam Tobia, a...
Food versus Green fuel to develop Africa
The demand for biofuels, such as bio-ethanol made from sugarcane has already impacted on the price of sugar. As more countries weigh the pros...
Chinese Peace envoy in Sudan
Head of Chinese envoy, Mr. Liu Guijin, arrived Sunday, in Sudan to find a lasting solution to the conflict that has led to the...
Male Circumcision and HIV / AIDS
Is mass male circumcision the new big thing in HIV prevention, or is it a risky social experiment that threatens to divert funding from...
South Africa: Zimbabweans flee with hope and US$50
"We know why you're in South Africa - Life in Zimbabwe is murder these days", a billboard greets Zimbabwean immigrants in South Africa's border...
EGYPT: changing attitudes to rape?
Egypt was scandalised last summer when an 11-year-old girl named Hend Farghali was allegedly raped by a 21-year-old man. Petrified, the girl did not...
Sudan: Hundreds of children missing after Darfur attack
Several days after Sudanese government-backed militia attacked villages in West Darfur, hundreds of children remain unaccounted for, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said.
"There are...